Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Sherman Family Foundation Trust
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $66k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $65,902
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $65,902
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Sherman Family Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $66k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $4k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $3k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $4k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $3k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $2k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Atlantic Bulldog Rescue | $4,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Forgotten Felines and Fidos Inc | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| 1love4animals Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lehigh County Humane Society | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| The Sanctuary at Haafsville Inc | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Animal Health and Welfare | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coalition for Feral Cats of Lehigh Valley | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peaceable Kingdom Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Network for Good · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sherman Family Foundation Trust
- How much does Sherman Family Foundation Trust give?
- Sherman Family Foundation Trust reported 1 grants totaling $65,902 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sherman Family Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), Animals (20%), Education (1%).
- Who are Sherman Family Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Mid Atlantic Bulldog Rescue ($4k), Forgotten Felines and Fidos Inc ($2k), 1love4animals Inc ($2k).
- Does Sherman Family Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sherman Family Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sherman Family Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aetna Foundation Inc, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, Chubb Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Sherman Family Foundation Trust based?
- Sherman Family Foundation Trust is based in PA.
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